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| -rw-r--r-- | libraries/pysendfile/README | 10 |
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diff --git a/libraries/pysendfile/README b/libraries/pysendfile/README index f4087ba0c1..6e2ff738c0 100644 --- a/libraries/pysendfile/README +++ b/libraries/pysendfile/README @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ A Python interface to sendfile(2) syscall. -sendfile(2) is a system call which provides a "zero-copy" way of copying data -from one file descriptor to another (a socket). +sendfile(2) is a system call which provides a "zero-copy" way of +copying data from one file descriptor to another (a socket). -The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of the copying of data -between the two descriptors is done entirely by the kernel, with no -copying of data into userspace buffers. This is particularly useful +The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of the copying of +data between the two descriptors is done entirely by the kernel, with +no copying of data into userspace buffers. This is particularly useful when sending a file over a socket (e.g. FTP). |